Overview
- Matchroom Boxing has scheduled a press conference at Croke Park for Friday where the venue and event are expected to be formally announced.
- Promoter Eddie Hearn has proposed Saturday, 5 September as the target date for the fight, but he says that date depends on completing final negotiations.
- No opponent has been confirmed and media reports identify French contender Flora Pili as a leading candidate who is the IBF mandatory challenger.
- Taylor has said she will retire after the Croke Park bout, capping a career that includes Olympic gold and undisputed professional titles.
- Croke Park would be a major commercial and symbolic setting for the farewell given its roughly 80,000 capacity and the prolonged negotiations Matchroom has led to secure the stadium.